A field crew is two days beyond the last cell tower, weather is moving in, and the home office needs a status update. That is where a simple text message can matter as much as a voice call. But can satellite phones receive texts? In most cases, yes - provided...

A personal locator beacon can sit in a go-bag, hunting pack, life raft, or work vehicle for years, ready for the day cellular coverage disappears and the situation turns serious. The short answer to do PLBs need subscriptions is no: a properly registered PLB does not require a monthly service...

A pump station stops reporting at 2:00 a.m. A research team changes its route after a washout. A vessel needs to confirm its position before weather closes in. In each case, satellite IoT provides a way to send the small but critical pieces of information that cellular networks cannot carry...